Works & infrastructure · Inner West Council
Enmore Park lighting: $30,000 design funding endorsed, but $470,000 build awaits budget
Inner West Council has endorsed detailed design for pathway lighting linking Enmore Road, Victoria Road and the Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre, while construction funding remains subject to the 2027/28 budget process.
Reporting from draft minutes. Recorded wording may change when confirmed. How this article was prepared
People walking through Enmore Park could eventually see improved pathway lighting, but Inner West Council has endorsed detailed design, with $30,000 to be included in a budget review. A further $470,000 for construction is to be considered during the 2027/28 budget process.
The endorsed project covers key pedestrian connections between Enmore Road, Victoria Road and the Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre. The recorded resolution says the upgrade is intended to improve safety, accessibility and amenity.
The $30,000 is to be included in the 2026/27 Quarter 2 budget review, with detailed design endorsed for 2026/27. The $470,000 has not been allocated for construction in this resolution.
Council also noted that officers will pursue relevant grant funding to support delivery. No grant award is recorded in the minutes, and the construction amount remains subject to a later budget decision.
The motion was carried, with all listed councillors voting for it and none against. This report is based on Council’s unconfirmed minutes of its 10 November meeting.
What deserves a closer look
The resolution endorses detailed design and identifies a future construction amount for consideration, but does not allocate the $470,000 for construction.
The record supports reporting grant funding as a pursuit by officers, not as funding secured for the project.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What final scope and cost will result from the detailed design?
Will the full $470,000 be included in the 2027/28 budget, and will any grant funding reduce the Council contribution?
When, if at all, will construction begin?
What happens next
Undertake the endorsed detailed design in 2026/27.
Include the endorsed $30,000 in the Quarter 2 budget review.
Consider $470,000 in the 2027/28 budget process for construction.
Pursue relevant grant funding to support delivery.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
Council endorsed an Enmore Park pathway lighting upgrade along pedestrian connections between Enmore Road, Victoria Road and the Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre.
Endorse the proposed pathway lighting upgrade within Enmore Park to improve safety, accessibility and amenity, along key pedestrian connections between Enmore Road, Victoria Road and the Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre. 2. Endorse detailed design to be undertaken in 2026/27 and $30,000 be included in the Q2 budget review. 3. Note $470,000 will be considered as part of the 2027/28 budget process for the project to proceed to construction. 4. Note officers will pursue relevant grant funding to support delivery. Motion Carried For Motion: Crs Antoniou, Atkins, Barlow, Blake, Byrne, Carlisle, Clay, D'Arienzo, Fergusson, Howard, Macri, Scott, Smith and Tastan Against Motion: Nil C1126(1) Item 14 Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee Meeting Minutes - 1 October 2026 Motion: (Howard/Atkins) That Council adopt the minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee held on 1 October 2026.
Item 10, resolution points 1–4 and vote
Open original minutes ↗Council endorsed detailed design to be undertaken in 2026/27 and $30,000 to be included in the Quarter 2 budget review, while $470,000 is to be considered in the 2027/28 budget process for construction.
2. Endorse detailed design to be undertaken in 2026/27 and $30,000 be included in the Q2 budget review. 3. Note $470,000 will be considered as part of the 2027/28 budget process for the project to proceed to construction. 4. Note officers will pursue relevant grant funding to support delivery. Motion Carried For Motion: Crs Antoniou, Atkins, Barlow, Blake, Byrne, Carlisle, Clay, D'Arienzo, Fergusson, Howard, Macri, Scott, Smith and Tastan Against Motion: Nil C1126(1) Item 14 Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee Meeting Minutes - 1 October 2026 Motion: (Howard/Atkins) That Council adopt the minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee held on 1 October 2026.
Item 10, resolution points 2–4 and vote
Open original minutes ↗Council noted that officers will pursue relevant grant funding and recorded the motion as carried with no votes against.
4. Note officers will pursue relevant grant funding to support delivery. Motion Carried For Motion: Crs Antoniou, Atkins, Barlow, Blake, Byrne, Carlisle, Clay, D'Arienzo, Fergusson, Howard, Macri, Scott, Smith and Tastan Against Motion: Nil C1126(1) Item 14 Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee Meeting Minutes - 1 October 2026 Motion: (Howard/Atkins) That Council adopt the minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee held on 1 October 2026.
Item 10, resolution point 4 and vote
Open original minutes ↗The minutes are identified as unconfirmed.
PUBLIC SPEAKERS: Item # Speaker Suburb Item 7: Nikki Ellis Birchgrove Item 8: Jo Burton Sander Ottes Mia Lewin Dan Conway Ashfield Annandale Enmore Marrickville Item 9: Rose Doolan Karl Sekulla Rojan Bajgain Tempe Sydenham Sydenham Item 15: Tracie Miller Sydney Item 27: Mirabel Somers Dulwich Hill Item 28: Chris Gray Croydon Item 35: Ellis Bou-Harb Marrickville Unconfirmed minutes from the Ordinary Council meeting held on 10 November 2026.
Closing note to the minutes
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from Inner West Council’s unconfirmed public minutes for the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 10 November 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- Council endorsed a pathway lighting upgrade within Enmore Park linking Enmore Road, Victoria Road and the Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre.
- Detailed design is to be undertaken in 2026/27, with $30,000 to be included in the Quarter 2 budget review.
- A further $470,000 is to be considered in the 2027/28 budget process for construction.
- Council noted that officers will pursue relevant grant funding, but the minutes do not record a grant being awarded.
- The motion was recorded as carried, with all listed councillors voting for and none against.
Why it matters
- The project has approval for detailed design, but this resolution does not allocate construction funding or set a delivery date.